Released:
2002-01-01

Overview:
Maria Stuarda is a searingly dramatic setting of Friedrich Schiller’s play about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her political and personal rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I of England. While based relatively closely on historical characters and events, the opera’s central scene is fictional: the highly emotional meeting of the queens that concludes the first act (originally invented by Schiller) never took place. It’s a dramatic device that brilliantly highlights the two women’s contrasting characters.

Director:

Runtime:
2h 33min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Sonia Ganassi
  as
  Elisabetta
• 
  Joseph Calleja
  as
  Leicester
• 
  Riccardo Zanellato
  as
  Talbot
• 
  Marzio Giossi
  as
  Lord Cecil
• 
  Cinzia Rizzoni
  as
  Anna Kennedy